IMA (Google Interactive Media Ads)

These samples demonstrate client-side ad insertion with Google IMA through the Brightcove IMA plugin — ad rules (server-scheduled ads), a single VAST tag, ads across a list of players, and IMA combined with Widevine DRM content.

Requirements

• Platform: Android phone and tablet.
• Minimum OS: Android 5.0 (API 21).
• Toolchain: Android Studio, JDK 17, Gradle 8.13.
• Extra SDKs: the Brightcove IMA plugin and the Google IMA SDK, both resolved from Maven and wired automatically by the build.

Setup

The samples play from the shared Brightcove demo account (5420904993001) and use Google’s sample ad tags. Point the ad tag URL at your own inventory to test real ads.

Samples

Sample	Languages	What it demonstrates
AdRulesIMASampleApp	Java · Kotlin	Server-scheduled ads via IMA Ad Rules (VMAP).
BasicIMAVASTSampleApp	Java · Kotlin	A single VAST ad tag.
VideoListAdRulesIMASampleApp	Java · Kotlin	IMA Ad Rules across multiple player instances in a list.
AdRulesIMAWidevineModularSampleApp	Java · Kotlin	IMA Ad Rules together with Widevine Modular DRM content.